News Archive for January, 2011

By Joseph Levy

The controversial panel from the government-commissioned Institute of Medicine that Nov. 30 oddly declared that North America does not have a vitamin D deficiency problem actually did those who believe in sunbeds a backwards favor.

How riddled …

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E-Z Tan Provides Big Tans in the Big Lonestar State

By Ashley Laabs

With a name like E-Z Tan, it’s not hard to imagine the experience that owner Dalton Terry is looking to give his clients.

Even at first glance, …

A stronger-than-expected U.S. manufacturing sector is largely responsible for an up-tick in underlying optimism about the U.S. economy heading into 2011 — all of which is good news for service and retail industries like the professional indoor tanning community.

The …

Smart Tan is always saying that if pharmaceutical companies could sell sunshine, they would in a heartbeat. It looks like one municipality is considering selling it themselves. Jerry Sanders, the mayor of San Diego, recently proposed that the city should …

“Working on a tan is analogous to training muscles; both, if done in moderation and reasonably, serve a worthwhile purpose.” — Dr. Bernard Ackerman, founder of the New York City-based Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology and author of The Sun and …

About one-third of tanning business owners felt 2010 was a stronger year than they expected according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late December. That’s an upside heading into the 2011 tanning season.

According to the poll, almost half of …